Jakarta, July 28 (IBNS): A strong earthquake measuring 7.0 on the Richter Scale hit Indonesian province of Papua on Tuesday, the USGS said.
Latest results from LHC experiments are presented in Vienna
Geneva/Vienna, July 27 (IBNS): The world particle-physics community has convened in Vienna for the 2015 European Physical Society Conference on High Energy Physics (EPS-HEP2015), where the latest results in the field are being presented and discussed.
Met office issues warning for heavy to very heavy rainfall in various parts of India
New Delhi, July 26 (IBNS) The Indian Meteorological Department on Sunday issued warnings of 'Heavy to Very Heavy' rainfall in various parts of India for over next two days.
NASA's Kepler Mission discovers bigger, older cousin to Earth
California, July 24 (IBNS) NASA's Kepler mission has confirmed the first near-Earth-size planet in the “habitable zone†around a sun-like star. This discovery and the introduction of 11 other new small habitable zone candidate planets mark another milestone in the journey to finding another "Earth."
Indian police rescue stranded tourists on Leh-Manali road
Srinagar, July 23 (IBNS) More than 130 tourists rescued who were stranded due to heavy rainfall and blockage of Leh Manali road in Jammu and Kashmir were rescued, said police on Thursday.
New Delhi, July 22 (IBNS): The Government on Wednesday said that through Antrix Corporation Limited (Antrix), the commercial arm of Department of Space, is generating income through launching of satellites of foreign countries on-board ISRO’s launch vehicle.
CSE condemns Delhi govt decision of scrapping BRT
New Delhi July 22 (IBNS): The Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) expresses deep shock at the "willful decision" of the Delhi government to give in to the car lobby and dismantle the bus corridor to take road space back from buses for the cars.
Second mountain range found in Pluto
Washington, Jul 22 (IBNS) The New Horizons probe has tumbled on a second mountain range in Pluto.
ISRO scientists test India's most powerful Cryogenic Engine
New Delhi, July 20 (IBNS): India's first indigenously designed and developed High Thrust cryogenic rocket engine generating a nominal thrust of 19 tonnes has been successfully endurance hot tested for a duration of 800 seconds at ISRO Propulsion Complex, Mah
UN-backed action plan to improve study of weather and climate in Polar regions takes shape
New York, July 17 (IBNS) lAn international action plan to improve predictions of weather, climate and ice conditions in Polar regions has been agreed in an effort to minimize the risks and maximize the opportunities associated with rapid changes in the Arctic and Antarctic environments, according to the United Nations World Meteorological Organization (WMO).
From mountains to moons: Multiple discoveries from NASA's new horizons Pluto mission
California, July 16 (IBNS) Icy mountains on Pluto and a new, crisp view of its largest moon, Charon, are among the several discoveries announced Wednesday by NASA's New Horizons team, just one day after the spacecraft’s first ever Pluto flyby.
Tennage actors join Kolkata Green campaign
Kolkata, July 15 (IBNS) Two key members of the teenage brigade of Open Tee Bioscope, a film themed on the diminishing heritage of the once tree-lined city, distributed saplings among the public as part of the Forest Week celebrations in first week of July.
Stephen Hawking congratulates New Horizons team
California, Jul 15 (IBNS) Professor Stephen Hawking, regarded as one of the most brilliant theoretical physicists in history, congratulates the NASA New Horizons team for its Pluto mission, a report on the NASA website said.
NASA's New Horizons 'Phones Home' Safe after Pluto Flyby
California, July 15 (IBNS) : The call everyone was waiting for is in. NASA's New Horizons spacecraft phoned home just before 9 p.m. EDT Tuesday to tell the mission team and the world it had accomplished the historic first-ever flyby of Pluto.
CERN's LHCb experiment reports observation of exotic pentaquark particles
Geneva, July 14 (IBNS): The LHCb experiment at CERN's Large Hadron Collider on Tuesday reported the discovery of a class of particles known as pentaquarks.